Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to the conditions prevailing on earth before the appearance of living things.

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  • adjective occurring before the advent of life
  • adjective of a food non digestible but beneficial

Etymologies

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From pre- +‎ biotic.

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Examples

  • So people believe now that Titan is most likely what we call a prebiotic planet, because it's so cold organic material did not get to the stage of becoming biological material, and therefore life could have evolved on it.

    Charles Elachi on the Mars Rovers Charles Elachi 2008

  • So people believe now that Titan is most likely what we call a prebiotic planet, because it's so cold organic material did not get to the stage of becoming biological material, and therefore life could have evolved on it.

    Charles Elachi on the Mars Rovers Charles Elachi 2008

  • So people believe now that Titan is most likely what we call a prebiotic planet, because it's so cold organic material did not get to the stage of becoming biological material, and therefore life could have evolved on it.

    Charles Elachi on the Mars Rovers Charles Elachi 2008

  • Do laws of physics lead us to conclude that cells inevitably form in prebiotic conditions?

    A Materialist Red Herring 2009

  • Do laws of physics lead us to conclude that cells inevitably form in prebiotic conditions?

    A Materialist Red Herring 2009

  • Selection may have some influence even in prebiotic conditions, but that isn't the issue here.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • Zachriel, you previously stated "Selection may have some influence even in prebiotic conditions, but that isn't the issue here."

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • There are many chemical substances on retail shelves which would not form in prebiotic earth conditions.

    Attached to Strings 2009

  • But it is precisely because this work opens up so many new directions for research that it will stand for years as one of the great advances in prebiotic chemistry.

    Convincing Evidence for God 2010

  • But it is precisely because this work opens up so many new directions for research that it will stand for years as one of the great advances in prebiotic chemistry.

    Convincing Evidence for God 2010

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